ᐅ Natural stone wall/bed instead of planting rings – What do you recommend?

Created on: 19 Aug 2018 15:53
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DTvomHaus
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DTvomHaus
19 Aug 2018 15:53
Hello, I’m curious to hear your opinions and advice.
In the garden, our previous owner has currently built a full retaining wall towards the neighboring property using those awful red planting rings. There are up to 5 rows in total (so probably just under 1.5 meters (5 feet) high).
In short: they have to go… Everything inside dries out, there’s no flowerbed, and so on.
My idea is to remove everything and build two natural stone walls with a bed in between (so: lawn – wall – 75 cm (30 inches) bed – wall – 75 cm (30 inches)). The wall would also be planted in a wild and bee-friendly way. The entire length would be just under 20 meters (65 feet). What do you think this would cost if a) I do it myself or b) have a gardener do it?
For option b), we will receive an estimate in about 3 weeks, but unfortunately I have no idea what to expect cost-wise.

Best regards
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Nordlys
19 Aug 2018 16:06
For us, only 10 m (about 33 feet), approximately 1 m (3 feet) high, labor including excavator 2500 net. Material 800, total 3300 plus tax.
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DTvomHaus
19 Aug 2018 16:18
Thank you for your response. Does that include the concrete foundation? And do you have any photos of the result? Best regards and have a great weekend.
tomtom7919 Aug 2018 16:36
@Nordlys you more or less got the stones for free, from a cemetery or somewhere else?

Normally, 1 ton costs around 80-100 euros, which is about 1 meter (3.3 feet) of a 50x50cm (20x20 inches) block.

Labor costs are about right, though usually higher depending on the region.

You can roughly calculate the rest yourself.
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Nordlys
19 Aug 2018 19:24
I paid 15 each for the stones at the cemetery administration. And there were enough of them to total around 800.
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Nordlys
19 Aug 2018 19:32
The requested photo.
Exterior view: stone wall, steps, and earthworks in the garden area.

Exterior view of a house with a natural stone wall in the front yard as a garden border